Getting caught by a traffic camera.....how not to.
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Re: Getting caught by a traffic camera.....how not to.
Originally Posted by O.C.Barry
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I'm sorry if you lost someone in an accident, but you are missing a major material fact.
Not running red lights is a lovely thought and thanks for the driving lesson. What you missed is that they shorten the cycle time of the amber light. I've sat and watched the cycles and they clearly are shortened. People who get hung up on principle bring attorneys to court and get the tickets thrown out for that reason. But most folks like myself aren't going to miss valuable time away from business and pay an attorney to avoid an $80 fine.
I'm pretty right - wing, but it smacks way too much of Big Brother in George Orwell's 1984.
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I'm sorry if you lost someone in an accident, but you are missing a major material fact.
Not running red lights is a lovely thought and thanks for the driving lesson. What you missed is that they shorten the cycle time of the amber light. I've sat and watched the cycles and they clearly are shortened. People who get hung up on principle bring attorneys to court and get the tickets thrown out for that reason. But most folks like myself aren't going to miss valuable time away from business and pay an attorney to avoid an $80 fine.
I'm pretty right - wing, but it smacks way too much of Big Brother in George Orwell's 1984.
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Originally Posted by thisistank
Give me a frickin break! Cal Trans sets the yellow phase times for signals. The yellow phases are set off of approach speeds. Get off the conspiracy theory, they're not out to get you.
The "camera" intersection closest to me has a 3 second yellow, while all other lights in area are 6 seconds - same speed roads, sorry. Just a coincidence I guess. No, I've never gottern a ticket by one, nor do I don't believe in UFO's or that the Mob shot JFK.
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i got this as spam. they don't use cameras where i live yet but who knows... so i saved this.
i got this as spam. they don't use cameras where i live yet but who knows... so i saved this.
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Originally Posted by thisistank
Give me a frickin break! Cal Trans sets the yellow phase times for signals. The yellow phases are set off of approach speeds. Get off the conspiracy theory, they're not out to get you.
Tank - No Tank, give ME a break. Go back to chasing the Bandit. If you READ the post fully, you'll see we live in Maryland not LALA land. Hang Time is correct, in MARYLAND, they shorten the yellows. Just this morning, I had to slam on the brakes, in the snow, thank you very much, for one of the 3 second yellows at North Avenue and Harford Road in Baltimore, Maryland. Conspiracy theory? Watching too many movies are you?
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My girlfriend just got nabbed by the photo ticket......first thing she does is call me and scream "Where have you been driving my truck while i'm at work!?!?" Then she goes and thinks about it and realizes she was driving with one of her friends and argueing about something and ran the red! that will teach her!
But i will say......MAN ARE THEY COOL! i couldnt get over the quality of the picture!! you can see just about every detail of the truck! even above the plate she has a small scratch not normally seen unless up close and in the lisence pic you can see it!!!!
I also heard on the news a while back that only like 9 or 11 states use the photo ticket deals.
But i will say......MAN ARE THEY COOL! i couldnt get over the quality of the picture!! you can see just about every detail of the truck! even above the plate she has a small scratch not normally seen unless up close and in the lisence pic you can see it!!!!
I also heard on the news a while back that only like 9 or 11 states use the photo ticket deals.
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this would be great too, for taunting the cops, what i like to do is get them right behind me while i am on my bike, and then take off and leave them in the dust. they have never cought me, they never will! ok troutly let's hear your response!
I can tell you more stories about idiots on bikes who ended up with their bodies twisted around like pretzels. Even have a couple where their bodies ended up in multiple pieces.
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Re: Getting caught by a traffic camera.....how not to.
Originally Posted by thisistank
Give me a frickin break! Cal Trans sets the yellow phase times for signals. The yellow phases are set off of approach speeds. Get off the conspiracy theory, they're not out to get you.
The yellow lights are timed but in SF they have outlawed the use of these camera/ticket machines as some attorney, gotta love this one for a change, proved that the company that makes the photo camera ticket machine gets a cut of every ticket it produces.
The attorney proved that the camera company was intentionally taking the photo of the cars before the light was actually red as they have a financial gain from doing so.
In traffic school there were two guys there with these tickets and neither photo showed red light, just the drivers face and the front license plate, both in B/W. They had just missed the cut off date for the camera tickets.
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It's a problem when a company takes a cut of the fine. An outside company installs the network of cameras and then runs the system, the city just waits for the money to start rolling in. If a city wants to install the cameras, then they should be purchased, installed and run by the city, not an outside company looking for their cut of the action.
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Re: Getting caught by a traffic camera.....how not to.
Originally Posted by O.C.Barry
Tank - No Tank, give ME a break. Go back to chasing the Bandit. If you READ the post fully, you'll see we live in Maryland not LALA land. Hang Time is correct, in MARYLAND, they shorten the yellows. Just this morning, I had to slam on the brakes, in the snow, thank you very much, for one of the 3 second yellows at North Avenue and Harford Road in Baltimore, Maryland. Conspiracy theory? Watching too many movies are you?
As for your your smarta$$ comments: Slow your roll or I'll slap you upside your head with 9 inches of limp d!ck!